Memory midterm

Question 0

~What is conditioning memory ?

~Is it Non-Declarative/ implicit memory or Declarative ?

Answer 0

•repetition allows your brain to do these bodily functions subconsciously

~Subconscious memory that is used to identify common knowledge or something that takes no thinking.

~non declarative

Question 1

~What is priming memory ?

~Is it Non-Declarative/ implicit memory or Declarative ?

Answer 1

~Non Conscious form of human memory. Seeing one word or object may ring up an association with another.
~ Non-declarative

Question 2

How is priming memory measured ?

Answer 2

Reaction times in choosing or noticing s word or object when given a word or object before hand.

Question 3

List 3 examples of priming memory.

Answer 3

Ex.
•seeing the color yellow and thinking of a banana
•while studying words for a test, one can recognize those words while reading
• seeing a commercial can make a product more likely to be recognized in a store

Question 4

List 3 examples of conditioning memory.

Answer 4

• riding a bike
• manners
• playing a sport

Question 5

How is conditioning memory measured ?

Answer 5

Measures be growth. Improvements are shown

i.e. Riding s bike gets easier

Question 6

What is motor/ procedural memory ?

~Is it Non-Declarative/ implicit memory or Declarative ?

Answer 6

Memory of actions followed daily. Stores how to preform the actions. Hey are basic life functions

~non declarative

Question 7

How is motor/ procedural memory measured?

Answer 7

Performance of an activity that fits in a certain group.

Question 8

List 3 examples of motor/ procedural memory?

Answer 8

• reading
• writing
• tying your shoe
• chewing your food

Question 9

What is working memory ?

~Is it Non-Declarative/ implicit memory or Declarative ?

Answer 9

Short-term memory; used to memorize important things in a small amount of time.
~declarative

Question 10

How is working memory measured ?

Answer 10

• How many items can be remembered in a short amount of time

- different types of tests include: visual working memory and auditory

Question 11

List 3 examples of working memory.

Answer 11

• Memorizing telephone numbers
• memorizing names
• cramming for tests

Question 13

How is episodic memory measured ?

Answer 13

Through non verbal motor responses and how well a person can remember and recollect people, places. Ideas, pictures, and events

Neuropsychological examination of patients

Question 14

List 3 examples of episodic memory.

Answer 14

• Losing a car at Disney.
• a first date
• how something tastes

Question 15

What is semantic memory ?

~Is it Non-Declarative/ implicit memory or Declarative ?

Answer 15

Structured record of facts and external world knowledge; it connects memories together.

~declarative

Question 16

List 3 examples of episodic memory.

Answer 16

• déjà vu
• empathize for someone’s feeling because you’ve been through the same thing.
• when emotions rid you of another time you felt that way

Question 18

What is episodic memory ?

~Is it Non-Declarative/ implicit memory or Declarative ?

Answer 18

Relies on semantic memory.

Remembering a specific event

~ declarative